HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
2175. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) and Del. Trump [By Request of the Executive] - Reorganizing
the executive branch of government - To Government Organization then Finance
2176. By Del. Amores, R. M. Thompson and Frederick - Increasing the amount in which may be
expended for training of high technology business employees under the guaranteed work
force program - To Education then Finance
2177. By Del. Caputo, Butcher, DeLong, Staton, Manchin, R. Thompson and Renner - Increasing
the penalty for intimidation of public officers and employees, jurors and witnesses from a
misdemeanor to a felony - To Judiciary
2178. By Del. Fleischauer, Amores, Hrutkay, Warner and Susman - Providing that certain
marriages are void without the necessity of a judicial determination - To Judiciary
2179. By Del. Fleischauer, Caputo, Poling and Martin - Accountability for Economic Development
Assistance Act (FN) - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
then Finance
2180. By Del. Hall and Paxton - Providing and exemption from standardized testing requirements
for church schools or schools of a religious order - To Education
2181. By Del. Kuhn, Perdue, Hrutkay, Caputo and Stemple - Including spouses and children of
officers killed in the line of duty among those eligible for free tuition at state colleges (FN)
- To Education then Finance
2182. By Del. Kuhn, Perdue, Paxton, Hrutkay, Caputo and Butcher - Specifying certain
certification and refresher training requirements for blasters - To Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Government Organization
2183. By Del. Leach, Perdue and Craig - Increasing the penalty for the unauthorized practice of
medicine and surgery or as physician assistant - To Health and Human Resources then
Government Organization
2184. By Del. Leach, Yeager and Amores - Requiring a vision test for renewal of a driver's license
- To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2185. By Del. Leach, Craig, Morgan and Smirl - Permitting municipalities to assess taxes and levy fees subject to local referendum (FN) - To Political Subdivisions then Finance
2186. By Del. Manchin and Stalnaker - Providing a state flag to every public school in the state
(FN) - To Education then Finance
2187. By Del. Mezzatesta and Williams - Providing that a student may receive an award from only
one state-funded source - To Education
2188. By Del. Mezzatesta and Williams - Removing the five thousand dollar per acre bonding limit
relating to applications for mining permits - To Judiciary then Finance
2189. By Del. Mezzatesta, Williams and Manuel - Providing that an insured individual's motor
vehicle coverage is primary when a claim arises from the operation of a vehicle owned by
a certain person, firm or corporation - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2190. By Del. Michael and Warner - Permitting certain farm vehicles to use the highways between
sunset and sunrise - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2191. By Del. Michael, Warner, R. M. Thompson, Proudfoot and Leach - Creating an information
systems disaster recovery center (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
2192. By Del. Paxton - Increasing school service personnel employees by one pay grade after ten
years of employment (FN) - To Education then Finance
2193. By Del. Perdue - Relating to weight limits on coal conveyance vehicles - To Judiciary
2194. By Del. Perdue and R. Thompson - Reimbursement to police agencies for training and
certification costs - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2195. By Del. Perdue, DeLong, Manuel, Swartzmiller and Paxton - Raising the percentage of the
amount of racetrack video lottery net terminal income to be placed into the pension plan for
racing association employees (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2196. By Del. Perdue, Varner, Martin, Leach, Fleischauer and Walters - Establishment of levels
of apprenticeship employment on public construction projects - To Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2197. By Del. Perry, Beach, Manuel, Romine and Poling - Providing a criminal penalty for a
county school board member to willfully and knowingly attemtp to exercise authority outside
statutory authority (FN) - To Education then Judiciary
2198. By Del. Perry, Williams, Shaver, Beach and Mezzatesta - Preventing chronic absences from
being counted as absences in determining a school's daily average attendance - To Education then Finance
2199. By Del. Poling - Relating to county fire service fee petitions - To Political Subdivisions then
Finance
2200. By Del. Schadler - Creating the felony offense of destruction of property - To Judiciary
2201. By Del. Shaver and Williams - Including property damage up to a value of five thousand
dollars in the compensation awards to victims of crimes (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2202. By Del. Smirl - Removing language in the seat belt law whereby enforcement is
accomplished only as a secondary action - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2203. By Del. Smirl, Michael, Morgan and Mahan - Relating generally to the requirement of
wearing seat belts in automobiles - To Judiciary
2204. By Del. Spencer - Banning the use and possession of tobacco products by minors on school
property and restricting the use of tobacco by all persons on school property - To Education
2205. By Del. Spencer, Evans and Amores - Requiring approval by statewide referendum before
the public port authority may expend certain state funds or bonds - To Finance
2206. By Del. Stalnaker - Penalty for failing to make a reasonable, good-faith attempt to return a
minor child in a timely manner at the expiration of lawful custody or visitation - To
Judiciary
2207. By Del. Stalnaker - Providing that the health care authority may not set rates for certain
hospitals - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2208. By Del. Stalnaker - Permitting licensees to advertise the existence of beer and beer prices
outside the licensee's premises - To Judiciary
2209. By Del. Susman, Hatfield, Perdue, Leach and Campbell - Requiring county school boards
to employ one school nurse for every one thousand pupils (FN) - To Education then Finance
2210. By Del. R. M. Thompson - Increasing salaries of principals and assistant principals and
providing salary reduction procedures (FN) - To Education then Finance
2211. By Del. R. M. Thompson - Making larceny of municipal or voluntary fire department
equipment a felony - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2212. By Del. Tucker, Stemple, Swartzmiller and Kominar - Increasing the criminal offense of
battery to certain persons from a misdemeanor to a felony - To Judiciary
2213. By Del. Walters - Pay incentives for teachers who teach in their core field degree (FN) - To
Education then Finance
2214. By Del. Walters, Webb and Armstead - Increasing the low income exclusion for personal
income tax (FN) - To Finance
2215. By Del. Warner - Allowing public employees twenty-five hours of paid leave per calendar
year to respond as a volunteer firefighter to emergencies (FN) - To Political Subdivisions
then Finance
2216. By Del. Warner - Requiring advised consent for induced abortions - To Judiciary
2217. By Del. Warner - Increasing the health care provider tax on gross receipts of providers of
nursing facility services (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2218. By Del. Webb - Limiting the number of video lottery terminals (FN) - To Judiciary then
Finance
2219. By Del. Webb - Increasing the penalty for driving under the influence causing death to life
in prison - To Judiciary
2220. By Del. Webb - Increasing the low income exclusion for personal income tax (FN) - To
Finance
2221. By Del. Webb and Amores - Repealing sections of the code relating to dueling - To
Judiciary
2222. By Del. Webster, Manuel, Staton and Pino - Preventing the taking of checks or similar
instruments to guarantee loans or cash advances - To Judiciary
2223. By Del. Yost - Creating the West Virginia board of dental hygienists - To Government
Organization